Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] had [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pot of coffee was spilled , and Sara had to get a damp cloth for the trousers of one of the visitors , who was involved in an unwise pretense that he had n't actually been asleep . |
| 2 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 3 | The white paintwork of the house glittered in the light , its long windows shining , and Jenna had to stifle a bitter cry . |
| 4 | One hundred and forty committee and board members took part , and the colleges and departments had to face a different kind and volume of documentation . |
| 5 | Its pressure paid off , but Whitehall had to find a face-saving formula to cover its miscalculation . |